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Meanings of abjuration in English

Portuguese
abjuração
Spanish
abjuración

A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.

abjuração
Synonyms
Examples for "retraction"
Examples for "retraction"
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The legal source who is familiar with the case confirmed the retraction.
Reuters
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Certainly James of Molay's retraction marked a turning point in the trial.
Templars: history and myth: from solomon's temple to the freemas...
3
Significant retraction of maxillary and mandibular incisors was also observed with treatment.
Pubmed
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Alistair would no doubt obtain a retraction of the more egregious charges.
In the shadow of gotham
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It said that Mwangaguhunga refused to publish a retraction and an apology.
Reuters
1
Not even the recantation of the offender could annul these appalling sentences.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 01
2
But for us that journey would be a recantation of our principles.
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
3
Of course, Canidia is not mollified by such a recantation as this.
Horace
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Yet this recantation is more in evidence against than then his original purpose.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
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The bishop then sent him a paper of recantation to sign.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners F...
Usage of abjuration in English
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The ancient abjuration was retained among protestants; but its spirit had expired.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I
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The republic existed, in fact, from the moment of the abjuration in 1581.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 32: 1582-84
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The young preacher was summoned to take the oath of allegiance and abjuration.
A History of the Moravian Church
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The oath of abjuration comes close on the oath of allegiance.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
5
Tecla Georgis renounced his abjuration, and at his death persisted in his errors.
A Voyage to Abyssinia
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He added a profane and heartfelt abjuration of the bandit.
The Fifth Ace
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All about this abjuration was a mesh of confusion to the mind of Joan.
Joan of Arc
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She testified to her abjuration in hourly ingenious, touching ways.
The Real Thing and Other Tales
9
Èrard, from his pulpit, read the form of abjuration prepared.
Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death
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After the abjuration of Philip, the governors were appointed by the Estates of each Province.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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To that I reply that a charter is as easy to make as an abjuration.
The Companions of Jehu
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But that was an abjuration which, as they well knew, they were powerless to extort.
Swann's Way
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The only constant: the abjuration of personal responsibility.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
14
The abjuration of slavery was one of their earliest "testimonies."
Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life
15
The Duke of La Force had abjured, then repented of his abjuration, only to relapse again.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5
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You do wrong to accept such an abjuration.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
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Translations for abjuration
Portuguese
abjuração
Abjuration through the time
Abjuration across language varieties
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